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The Spirit of Mathematics

Author : David Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 019284508X
Total Pages : 193 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (928 download)

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Download or read book The Spirit of Mathematics written by David Acheson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-01-05 with total page 193 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What makes mathematics so special? Whether you have anxious memories of the subject from school, or solve quadratic equations for fun, David Acheson's book will make you look at mathematics afresh. Following on from his previous bestsellers, The Calculus Story and The Wonder Book of Geometry, here Acheson highlights the power of algebra, combining it with arithmetic and geometry to capture the spirit of mathematics. This short book encompasses an astonishing array of ideas and concepts, from number tricks and magic squares to infinite series and imaginary numbers. Acheson's enthusiasm is infectious, and, as ever, a sense of quirkiness and fun pervades the book. But it also seeks to crystallize what is special about mathematics: the delight of discovery; the importance of proof; and the joy of contemplating an elegant solution. Using only the simplest of materials, it conjures up the depth and the magic of the subject.

1089 and All that

Author : D. J. Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780198516231
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (162 download)

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Book Synopsis 1089 and All that by : D. J. Acheson

Download or read book 1089 and All that written by D. J. Acheson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2002 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This excellent book, written by the established author David Acheson, makes mathematics accessible to everyone. Providing an entertaining and witty overview of the subject, the text includes several fascinating puzzles, and is accompanied by numerous illustrations and sketches by world famouscartoonists. This unusual book is one of the most readable explanations of mathematics available.

Number Theory in the Spirit of Liouville

Author : Kenneth S. Williams
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1107002532
Total Pages : 307 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (7 download)

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Book Synopsis Number Theory in the Spirit of Liouville by : Kenneth S. Williams

Download or read book Number Theory in the Spirit of Liouville written by Kenneth S. Williams and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2011 with total page 307 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A gentle introduction to Liouville's powerful method in elementary number theory. Suitable for advanced undergraduate and beginning graduate students.

Mathematics for Human Flourishing

Author : Francis Su
Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300237138
Total Pages : 287 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics for Human Flourishing written by Francis Su and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2020-01-07 with total page 287 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The ancient Greeks argued that the best life was filled with beauty, truth, justice, play and love. The mathematician Francis Su knows just where to find them."--Kevin Hartnett, Quanta Magazine" This is perhaps the most important mathematics book of our time. Francis Su shows mathematics is an experience of the mind and, most important, of the heart."--James Tanton, Global Math Project For mathematician Francis Su, a society without mathematical affection is like a city without concerts, parks, or museums. To miss out on mathematics is to live without experiencing some of humanity's most beautiful ideas. In this profound book, written for a wide audience but especially for those disenchanted by their past experiences, an award-winning mathematician and educator weaves parables, puzzles, and personal reflections to show how mathematics meets basic human desires--such as for play, beauty, freedom, justice, and love--and cultivates virtues essential for human flourishing. These desires and virtues, and the stories told here, reveal how mathematics is intimately tied to being human. Some lessons emerge from those who have struggled, including philosopher Simone Weil, whose own mathematical contributions were overshadowed by her brother's, and Christopher Jackson, who discovered mathematics as an inmate in a federal prison. Christopher's letters to the author appear throughout the book and show how this intellectual pursuit can--and must--be open to all.

Men of Mathematics

Author : E.T. Bell
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1476784256
Total Pages : 608 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (767 download)

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Download or read book Men of Mathematics written by E.T. Bell and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2014-03-31 with total page 608 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From one of the greatest minds in contemporary mathematics, Professor E.T. Bell, comes a witty, accessible, and fascinating look at the beautiful craft and enthralling history of mathematics. Men of Mathematics provides a rich account of major mathematical milestones, from the geometry of the Greeks through Newton’s calculus, and on to the laws of probability, symbolic logic, and the fourth dimension. Bell breaks down this majestic history of ideas into a series of engrossing biographies of the great mathematicians who made progress possible—and who also led intriguing, complicated, and often surprisingly entertaining lives. Never pedantic or dense, Bell writes with clarity and simplicity to distill great mathematical concepts into their most understandable forms for the curious everyday reader. Anyone with an interest in math may learn from these rich lessons, an advanced degree or extensive research is never necessary.

The Wonder Book of Geometry

Author : David Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0192585371
Total Pages : 240 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (925 download)

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Download or read book The Wonder Book of Geometry written by David Acheson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2020-10-22 with total page 240 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can we be sure that Pythagoras's theorem is really true? Why is the 'angle in a semicircle' always 90 degrees? And how can tangents help determine the speed of a bullet? David Acheson takes the reader on a highly illustrated tour through the history of geometry, from ancient Greece to the present day. He emphasizes throughout elegant deduction and practical applications, and argues that geometry can offer the quickest route to the whole spirit of mathematics at its best. Along the way, we encounter the quirky and the unexpected, meet the great personalities involved, and uncover some of the loveliest surprises in mathematics.

Mystery Math

Author : David A. Adler
Publisher : Holiday House
ISBN 13 : 0823427021
Total Pages : 32 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (234 download)

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Download or read book Mystery Math written by David A. Adler and published by Holiday House. This book was released on 2012-05-14 with total page 32 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Boo! There is a mystery behind every door of the creepy haunted house. Luckily, algebra will help you solve each problem. By using simple addition, subtraction, mulitplication, and division, you'll discover that solving math mysteries isn't scary at all -- it's fun!

Complex Analysis

Author : Rubí E. Rodríguez
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1441973230
Total Pages : 319 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (419 download)

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Book Synopsis Complex Analysis by : Rubí E. Rodríguez

Download or read book Complex Analysis written by Rubí E. Rodríguez and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-11-28 with total page 319 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The authors’ aim here is to present a precise and concise treatment of those parts of complex analysis that should be familiar to every research mathematician. They follow a path in the tradition of Ahlfors and Bers by dedicating the book to a very precise goal: the statement and proof of the Fundamental Theorem for functions of one complex variable. They discuss the many equivalent ways of understanding the concept of analyticity, and offer a leisure exploration of interesting consequences and applications. Readers should have had undergraduate courses in advanced calculus, linear algebra, and some abstract algebra. No background in complex analysis is required.

Number Theory in the Spirit of Ramanujan

Author : Bruce C. Berndt
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821841785
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Book Synopsis Number Theory in the Spirit of Ramanujan by : Bruce C. Berndt

Download or read book Number Theory in the Spirit of Ramanujan written by Bruce C. Berndt and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2006 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ramanujan is recognized as one of the great number theorists of the twentieth century. Here now is the first book to provide an introduction to his work in number theory. Most of Ramanujan's work in number theory arose out of $q$-series and theta functions. This book provides an introduction to these two important subjects and to some of the topics in number theory that are inextricably intertwined with them, including the theory of partitions, sums of squares and triangular numbers, and the Ramanujan tau function. The majority of the results discussed here are originally due to Ramanujan or were rediscovered by him. Ramanujan did not leave us proofs of the thousands of theorems he recorded in his notebooks, and so it cannot be claimed that many of the proofs given in this book are those found by Ramanujan. However, they are all in the spirit of his mathematics. The subjects examined in this book have a rich history dating back to Euler and Jacobi, and they continue to be focal points of contemporary mathematical research. Therefore, at the end of each of the seven chapters, Berndt discusses the results established in the chapter and places them in both historical and contemporary contexts. The book is suitable for advanced undergraduates and beginning graduate students interested in number theory.

Mathematics and Music

Author : David Wright
Publisher : American Mathematical Soc.
ISBN 13 : 0821848739
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (218 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics and Music written by David Wright and published by American Mathematical Soc.. This book was released on 2009 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many people intuitively sense that there is a connection between mathematics and music. If nothing else, both involve counting. There is, of course, much more to the association. David Wright's book is an investigation of the interrelationships between mathematics and music, reviewing the needed background concepts in each subject as they are encountered. Along the way, readers will augment their understanding of both mathematics and music. The text explores the common foundations of the two subjects, which are developed side by side. Musical and mathematical notions are brought together, such as scales and modular arithmetic, intervals and logarithms, tone and trigonometry, and timbre and harmonic analysis. When possible, discussions of musical and mathematical notions are directly interwoven. Occasionally the discourse dwells for a while on one subject and not the other, but eventually the connection is established, making this an integrative treatment of the two subjects. The book is a text for a freshman level college course suitable for musically inclined or mathematically inclined students, with the intent of breaking down any apprehension that either group might have for the other subject. Exercises are given at the end of each chapter. The mathematical prerequisites are a high-school level familiarity with algebra, trigonometry, functions, and graphs. Musically, the student should have had some exposure to musical staffs, standard clefs, and key signatures, though all of these are explained in the text.

A Concise History of Mathematics

Author : Dirk Jan Struik
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 9780486602554
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (25 download)

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Download or read book A Concise History of Mathematics written by Dirk Jan Struik and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 1967 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This compact, well-written history covers major mathematical ideas and techniques from the ancient Near East to 20th-century computer theory, surveying the works of Archimedes, Pascal, Gauss, Hilbert, and many others. "The author's ability as a first-class historian as well as an able mathematician has enabled him to produce a work which is unquestionably one of the best." — Nature.

The Calculus Story

Author : David Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0198804547
Total Pages : 209 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Calculus Story written by David Acheson and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2017 with total page 209 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "[Acheson] introduces the fundamental ideas of calculus through the story of how the subject developed, from approximating π to imaginary numbers, and from Newton's falling apple to the vibrations of an electric guitar."--Back cover

Mathematics

Author : Richele Baburina
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781616342012
Total Pages : 100 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics written by Richele Baburina and published by . This book was released on 2012-09 with total page 100 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Wonder Book of Geometry

Author : David Acheson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 019884638X
Total Pages : 289 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (988 download)

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Download or read book The Wonder Book of Geometry written by David Acheson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2020-10-14 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: David Acheson transports us into the world of geometry, one of the oldest branches of mathematics. He describes its history, from ancient Greece to the present day, and its emphasis on proofs. With its elegant deduction and practical applications, he demonstrates how geometry offers the quickest route to the spirit of mathematics at its best.

Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics

Author : Benno Artmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461214122
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Euclid—The Creation of Mathematics written by Benno Artmann and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2012-12-06 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Euclid presents the essential of mathematics in a manner which has set a high standard for more than 2000 years. This book, an explanation of the nature of mathematics from its most important early source, is for all lovers of mathematics with a solid background in high school geometry, whether they be students or university professors.

Mathematics and the Physical World

Author : Morris Kline
Publisher : Courier Corporation
ISBN 13 : 0486136310
Total Pages : 514 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (861 download)

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Download or read book Mathematics and the Physical World written by Morris Kline and published by Courier Corporation. This book was released on 2012-03-15 with total page 514 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stimulating account of development of mathematics from arithmetic, algebra, geometry and trigonometry, to calculus, differential equations, and non-Euclidean geometries. Also describes how math is used in optics, astronomy, and other phenomena.

Problem-Solving and Selected Topics in Euclidean Geometry

Author : Sotirios E. Louridas
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN 13 : 1461472733
Total Pages : 238 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (614 download)

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Book Synopsis Problem-Solving and Selected Topics in Euclidean Geometry by : Sotirios E. Louridas

Download or read book Problem-Solving and Selected Topics in Euclidean Geometry written by Sotirios E. Louridas and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 238 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Problem-Solving and Selected Topics in Euclidean Geometry: in the Spirit of the Mathematical Olympiads" contains theorems which are of particular value for the solution of geometrical problems. Emphasis is given in the discussion of a variety of methods, which play a significant role for the solution of problems in Euclidean Geometry. Before the complete solution of every problem, a key idea is presented so that the reader will be able to provide the solution. Applications of the basic geometrical methods which include analysis, synthesis, construction and proof are given. Selected problems which have been given in mathematical olympiads or proposed in short lists in IMO's are discussed. In addition, a number of problems proposed by leading mathematicians in the subject are included here. The book also contains new problems with their solutions. The scope of the publication of the present book is to teach mathematical thinking through Geometry and to provide inspiration for both students and teachers to formulate "positive" conjectures and provide solutions.